Supreme Court blocks Trump from changing mail-in voting before November
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against President Donald Trump and his effort to create new mail-in ballot restrictions ahead of the 2026 November midterm elections. The order stops the United States Postal Service from implementing changes to mail-in ballots proposed by the Trump administration and instead instructs the agency to continue with the upcoming election as normal. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a short concurrence in which he agreed with the majority of justices who said the administration’s request should be denied. Their decision will leave in place a block from late last month by a federal judge in Boston that said USPS’ finalized rule was unconstitutional. District Judge Indira Talwani in August reluctantly lifted a nationwide injunction she previously placed after the Supreme Court said she and state challengers to Trump’s order acted prematurely.
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Deidre Henderson told the Deseret News in a statement that her team was “relieved” the Boston-based judge blocked USPS from enforcing the changes, calling them unconstitutional.